Toy tent.



A. WIPLITZHAUSER.

TOY TENT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 6, 1912.

1,092,321 Patented Apr. 7, 1914,

WITNESSES INVENTOR @KOZZYZMWM %,w' ATTORNEY STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST WIPLITZHAUSER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO McLOUGrI-ILINBROTHERS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

TOY TENT.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AUGUST WIPLITZ- HAUSER, acitizen of the United States, now residing in the borough of Brooklyn,in the city of New York, State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Toy Tent, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toys and more especially to toy tents and theobject of the invention is to produce a small tent of paper to be foldedfor packing so as to occupy a very small amount of space, but whenopened out by a simple movement, presents a very good imitation of atent, as will be more fully described in the following specification,set forth in the claims and illustrated in the drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tent; Fig. 2 shows the same tentfolded for packing; Fig. 3 is a plan of the tent blank showing the foldsin dotted lines.

The tent is preferably made of stiff paper and mounted on a card-boardbase 5 which has a straight nick or cut 6 through its upper surfaceextending to the lower layer of paper. The cut 6 is at right angles tothe sides of the base and allows the base to fold at a central point, inthe manner shown in Fig. 2. The lower layer of card-board is of toughpaper which acts as a hinge, but it is obvious thata strip of fabric maybe pasted beneath the cut 6 to strengthen the board at that point andpreventing the two base sections 7 and 8 from parting.

The tent is preferably made of a stiff, tough, Manila paper which is outin the shape of blank shown in Fig. 3. The ends 9 of the tent blank arefolded one around each of the extremities of the base sections 7 and 8and pasted to the lower side thereof. The folds are shown on the tentblank in dotted lines 10 and 11, the latter forming th ridge of the tentand 10 being at the bottom, so that it is in shape to present theappearance of a tent when the base sections are spread out and the tentthereby erected. Folds are made on the dotted lines, 12, and flaps 13thereby formed to close both sides Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 6, 1912.

Patented Apr. '7, 1914.

Serial No. 718,869.

of the tent when the base sections are spread out and the tent erected.

The tent thus constructed is a very substantial device, braced by theflaps when they are in the position shown in Fig. 1 and when it isdesired to pack or ship the device the flaps are readily folded inwardand the base 5 is easily bent upward at its middle, the whole tent andbase assuming the shape shown in Fig. 2. It will be seen that a greatnumber may be packed side by side within a very small space.

It will be observed that the base 5 folds up into the tent portion whenthe device is collapsed, the four tent flaps 13 being folded in againstthe sides 15 of the tent.

The upper surface of the parts 14 may be covered with green paper torepresent grass and make that portion stiffer than the rest. Otherornamental features may be added and modifications made withoutdeparting from the essential points of construction described above.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a toy, the combination wit-h a base adapted to fold centrally, ofa tent secured to the base and adapted to collapse and fold with thecentral portion of the base between the sides, substantially as shownand described.

2. In a toy, the combination with a base adapted to fold inward at acentral point, of a paper tent secured by means of its ends to the upperface of the base, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a toy tent, the combination with a base of card-board having a cutin its upper surface to permit folding the same, of a tent of papercomprising base pieces to be secured to the base board, inclined sidesand flaps, and folding lines, substantially as shown and described.

AUGUST WIPLITZHAUSEB.

Witnesses A. BELL MALCOMSON, BERNARD V. TRAYNOR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

